urban vocab 2

Question 1

rank size rule

Answer 1

ranked from largest to smallest (the second largest city is half the size of the first and the third largest city is 1/3 the size of the largest and so forth)

Question 2

primate city

Answer 2

largest city in a country (Paris)

Question 3

gravity models

Answer 3

shows how connected places are based on their size and distance

Question 4

christallers central place theory

Answer 4

spatial distribution of settelment and their heirarchy in urban areas (larger settlements provide to smaller areas)

Question 5

redlining

Answer 5

segregation in mortgages and insurance (makes services out of reach for residents of certain areas based on race or ethnicity)

Question 6

blockbusting

Answer 6

a real estate practice where agents manipulate homeowners to sell their properties at below-market prices by falsely claiming that a racial or ethnic group is moving into the area, leading to a perceived decline in property values

Question 7

gentrification

Answer 7

poor urban area is changed by wealthier people moving in, improving housing, and attracting new businesses, typically displacing current inhabitants in the process.

Question 8

brownfields

Answer 8

redeveloping old/abandoned areas.

Question 9

bid rent theory

Answer 9

the price and demand for land vary based on its distance from the central business district (CBD)

Question 10

mixed land use

Answer 10

integration of different types of land uses, such as residential, commercial, and industrial, within the same area or even within a single building

Question 11

built landscape

Answer 11

landscape that has been altered by humans

Question 12

smart growth policy

Answer 12

urban planning strategies focused on creating walkable communities with mixed land uses

Question 13

infill

Answer 13

building new structures or expanding existing ones on unused land

Question 14

cycles of development

Answer 14

Rostow’s Stages of Economic Growth: traditional society, preconditions to takeoff, takeoff, drive to maturity, and age of high mass consumption

Question 15

new urbanism

Answer 15

creating walkable, mixed-use neighborhoods with a focus on community and sustainability

Question 16

green belt

Answer 16

a policy and land-use designation that protects areas of undeveloped land surrounding urban areas

Question 17

walk ability

Answer 17

the ease walking within a specific area, often a neighborhood or city and its also used to refer to the distance it takes to walk to places

Question 18

de facto segregation

Answer 18

racial segregation that exists in practice